Limor Fried

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Limor Fried is an American electrical engineer and open-source hardware pioneer best known for founding the DIY electronics company Adafruit Industries.

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instanceOf entrepreneur
human
open-source hardware advocate
advocatesFor STEM education
open-source hardware licensing
women in engineering
alsoKnownAs Ladyada NERFINISHED
awardReceived EFF Pioneer Award NERFINISHED
Entrepreneur Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year (2012) NERFINISHED
basedIn New York City
businessModel selling open-source electronics hardware and kits
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
degreeEarned Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Adafruit Industries NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork DIY electronics
electronics
open-source hardware
founderOf Adafruit Industries NERFINISHED
gender female
hasCreated Adafruit Circuit Playground boards NERFINISHED
Adafruit Feather ecosystem of development boards NERFINISHED
Adafruit Flora wearable electronics platform NERFINISHED
Adafruit Gemma wearable microcontroller board NERFINISHED
Adafruit NeoPixel product line NERFINISHED
hasPublished electronics tutorials
open-source hardware design files
hasWebsite https://blog.adafruit.com
https://www.adafruit.com
industry education technology
electronics manufacturing
inspiredBy MIT hacker culture
languageSpoken English
movement maker movement NERFINISHED
open-source hardware movement
name Limor Fried NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first female engineer featured on the cover of Wired magazine
notableFor founding Adafruit Industries
notableProject early open-source MP3 player project at MIT
notableWork Adafruit learning system tutorials NERFINISHED
development of open-source electronics kits
open-source hardware designs for microcontroller boards and accessories
occupation businessperson
electrical engineer
hardware designer
positionHeld CEO of Adafruit Industries
residence New York City

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